Chair Powell's calendar
October 2020
| October 1, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Community Advisory Council virtual meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Conference call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and staff |
| October 2, Friday | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Federal Reserve's External Expert Board Briefing with Chrystel Cornelius, Oweesta Corporation; Bill Bynum, Hope Credit Union and Hope Enterprise Corporation; Brian Argrett, City First Bank; David Adame, Chicanos Por La Causa; Ron Fong, Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program; Heather McCulloch, Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap; Rodney Harrell, AARP |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 4, Sunday | |
| 10:11 a.m. – 10:41 a.m. | Phone call with staff |
| October 5, Monday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Board meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| October 6, Tuesday | |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | National Association for Business Economics Annual virtual meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference of Reserve Bank Chairs virtual meeting |
| October 7, Wednesday | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Conference call with Axel Weber, Chairman, UBS |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Meeting with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Justin Muzinich, Deputy Secretary, Treasury Location: B-2047-A |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| October 8, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Phone call with Jay Clayton, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Phone call with media |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Conference call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senator Mike Crapo (ID), and Senator Pat Toomey (PA) |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 12, Monday | |
| All Day | Board Holiday - Columbus Day |
| October 13, Tuesday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors conference call |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Phone call with Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 14, Wednesday | |
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors virtual meeting |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| October 15, Thursday | |
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee, Early Warning Exercise virtual meeting |
| 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee Plenary virtual meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Conference call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and staff |
| October 16, Friday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff and Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| October 19, Monday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | International Monetary Fund Annual Meeting Panel on Improving Cross-Border Payments and Digital Currencies |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 20, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Larry Kudlow, Director, National Economic Council Location: B-2047-A |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| October 21, Wednesday | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | U.S. Treasury Virtual Regulatory Roundtable |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 22, Thursday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Phone call with Magdalena Andersson, Minister for Finance, Sweden |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Council of Economic Advisers virtual meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Phone call with media |
| October 23, Friday | |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Phone call with Agustin Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Principals Markets Call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Jay Clayton, Chairman, SEC; John Williams, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Randal Quarles, Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board; and Heath Tarbert, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Phone call with Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England |
| October 26, Monday | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Virtual Board meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with Board member and Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Meeting with staff |
| October 27, Tuesday | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Phone call with media |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Photo shoot Location: Board room |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Conference call with Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, and staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Conference all with staff |
| 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| October 28, Wednesday | |
| 7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with staff |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| October 29, Thursday | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Phone call with Board member |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank President |
| October 30, Friday | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Conference call with staff |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Conference call with staff |